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'He was always indulgent to the young, he never attacked the unassuming, nor meant to terrify the diffident. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary ii. 343. In the Olla Podrida, a collection of Essays published at Oxford, there is an admirable paper upon the character of Johnson, written by the Reverend Dr. Home, the last excellent Bishop of Norwich.
I asked him why, and he said: "Why, if any man is expected to take a leap of twenty yards, and does actually take one of ten, everybody will be disappointed, though ten yards may be more than any other man ever leaped." Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii.260. On Oct. 9, he wrote: 'Two nights ago Mr. Burke sat with me a long time.
Such failures should be noted for the instruction of posterity; but they detract little from the permanent reputation of those who have really done great things. Yet one word more. It is not only on account of the intrinsic merit of Madame D'Arblay's early works that she is entitled to honourable mention. Her appearance is an important epoch in our literary history.
Burke, when they left him, said to my father: "His work is almost done, and well has he done it." Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii. 333. Burke, in 1792, said in Parliament that 'Dr. Johnson's virtues were equal to his transcendent talents, and his friendship he valued as the greatest consolation and happiness of his life. Parl. Debates, xxx. 109.
D'Arblay's Diary, iii. 229. This is a work written by William Durand, Bishop of Mende, and printed on vellum, in folio, by Fust and Schoeffer, in Mentz, 1459. It is the third book that is known to be printed with a date. DUPPA. It is perhaps the first book with a date printed in movable metal type. Brunei, ed. 1861, ii. 904. See ante, ii. 397. Dr.
Rousseau's Confessions are a miracle of candor: they reveal much concerning a certain weak, wandering, diseased, miserable, wicked Jean Jacques; but of that marvellous Rousseau whose writings thrilled Europe they contain how much? Not one word. Madame D'Arblay's Diary relates a thousand pleasant things, but it does not tell us what manner of person Madame D'Arblay was.
Montagu was 80 when she died; Mrs. Their hostess, Mrs. Garrick, was 97 or 98. Miss Burney, describing how she first saw Burke, says: 'I had been told that Burke was not expected; yet I could conclude this gentleman to be no other. There was an evident, a striking superiority in his demeanour, his eye, his motions, that announced him no common man. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii. 145.
A copy of Evelina had been placed in the Bodleian. 'Johnson says, wrote Miss Burney, 'that when he goes to Oxford he will write my name in the books, and my age when I writ them, and then, he says, 'the world may know that we So mix our studies, and so joined our fame. For we shall go down hand in hand to posterity. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i.429.
Johnson wrote on Dec. l3: 'You must all guess again at my friend. It was not till Dec. 31 that he told the name. Miss Burney, who visited him on this day, records: 'He was, if possible, more instructive, entertaining, good-humoured, and exquisitely fertile than ever. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii. 284. The day before he wrote to one of Mrs.
Johnson, no doubt, was leaving Streatham because Mrs. Thrale was leaving it. 'Streatham, wrote Miss Burney, on Aug. 12 of this year, 'my other home, and the place where I have long thought my residence dependent only on my own pleasure, is already let for three years to Lord Shelburne. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii.151.
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